444 Digestihillty of Palm Kernel Cake, etc. 



the probable errors of experiment. It is of interest, however, to note 

 that Weiniger obtained similar differences, as did the earlier investi- 

 gators whose results are summarised in Kellner's averages. 



Table VIII. Period V. {Hmj + Extracted Palm Kernel Meal.) 



Average Daily Ration: 446 gms. "Seeds" Hay + 345 gms. Extract 

 Palm Kernel Meal. 



Sheep 1. 



Sheep 2. 



Consumed : — (as above) 



Voided:— Total 194-1 175-8 12-3 27-8 25-0 3-52 



From Hay (calc.) ... 128-3 116-1 9-4 163 14-6 3-45 



From Palm K. Meal ... 65-8 59-7 2-9 11-5 10-4 0-07 



Digested from Palm K. 



Meal 239-2 2320 8-4 53-3 52-4 704 



Digestion Coefficients of 



PalmK. Meal, % ... 78-5 79-5 74-3 82-3 83-5 99-0 



Average Digestion Coeffi- 

 cients of P. K. Meal. % 75-5 76-7 59-7 79-2 80-6 96-3 



Corrected Digestibility of Protein. 



Sheep 1 



86-0 



Sheep 2 



Total pepsin-insol. protein voided, gma 

 Deduct for hay (calc), gms 



Pepsin-insol. protein voided from P. K 



Digestion Coefficients, % 



( Crude Protein 



A^^^^g" (True Protein 



* Coefficient determined by direct ti 



Meal 



gms, 



Crude True Crude True 



Protein Protein Protein Protein 



16-31 16-31 15-29 15-29 



9-41 9-41 9-28 9-28 



6-90 0-90 6-01 601 



89-3 89-0 90-7 90-4 

 90-0 %* 

 89-7 % 

 •eatment of the meal with pepsin-HCl was 78-3 %. 



44-8 



